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Rip It Up, Issue 216, 1 August 1995, Page 16

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IMPPA Forum The Independent Music Performers & Producers Association is running an inexpensive one-day forum “Making A Living Making Music” Monday August 21 at the Auckland Downtown Convention Centre. Admission is S2O and topics covered will be the Music Market, Independent Recording, Live Music and the Music industry. For more information phone (09) 479-7179 or write to IMPPA, PO Box 68593, Newton, Auckland 1. Flying Fish New Zealand Music Video Awards The 1995 Flying Fish Video Music Video Awards were held at Antipodes in Wellington on July 15, the winners were: Best Director: Jo Fisher & Sigi Spath Jr (‘You Gotta Know’ Supergroove) Runner Up Director Best Video: Jonathan King (‘Otherwise’ Semi Lemon Kola) The Knack Award: Gregory Page (‘Food’ Five Girls) Craft Award DOP: Sigi Spath Jr (‘You Freak Me’ Supergroove) Craft Award Editor: Jonathan Venz (‘Otherwise’ Semi Lemon Kola) MCA In New Zealand George Ash is the new GM for USA record company MCA when they open offices as a stand-alone company in New Zealand on October 1. MCA has been operating in Australia since January with 25 employees. MCA will be a marketing operation with have a staff of six people. The sales and distribution roles will remain with BMG where George Ash worked as International Repertoire Manager until July 28. Recently Canadian alcohol giant Seagrams purchased majority ownership of the MCA Corporation. MCA are in broadcasting and movies in the USA as well as music. The MCA Record company expanded in 1990 with the purchase of the Geffen label (Guns N Roses, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Aerosmith) and more recently MCA has financed the set-up of two new labels headed by former Warner Music executives Bob Krasnow and Doug Morris and MCA has also signed David Geffen’s new labels Dreamworks and SRG. Grant Hislop in Heat Former Rock93FM owner and programmer Grant Hislop is now Chief Executive for SM Network, concert promoter Stewart MacPherson’s radio company. The Heat is now known as The Box 91.7 (chart) and on August 7 another Wellington station The Quake 97.5 (new rock) will start broadcasting. An SN Network station will broadcast on the Gulf FM frequency later this year. Strictly Rhythm to Triton Music The New York dance label Strictly Rhythm will be distributed in New Zealand by Triton, the local distributor of the Naxos classical label and Larrikin Entertainment. The first release is DJ / producer George Morel collection Morel Inc NYC Jam Session. Vocalists on the album include Ce Ce Rogers, Tafuri and M.J. White. Triton are at (09) 379-7999. Changes at Warner Music Major changes have taken place at Warner Music with the resignation of Lisa Williams (to return to law) and Steve Booth (to freelance marketing work). The new Label / Marketing / Promotions managers are Jonathan Hughes (ex HKM ad agency, ex Fine Young Cannibals management, ex Polygram) and Vanessa Mihaljevich (ex EMI, ex Warners). Hughes will look after Warner Bros, Elektra and WEA UK labels while Mihaljevich will look after the Atlantic, East West and Roo Art labels. There is talk of another appointment in the P.R. dept. Musical Chairs With George Ash leaving BMG to set up MCA Kirk Harding is now International & Local Repertoire Manager and Diana Schnauer now has the title Promotions Manager. Gary Fortune has moved from sales to the promotions dept ... Festival’s Auckland salesperson Daren Humphries has moved to BMG. Mike Dunn has moved from Festival phone sales to take over Daren’s work and receptionist (and sometimes BFM host) Renee Jones has moved to phone sales ... Sandii Riches after resigning from Mushroom has joined Francis Travel Marketing as Sales & Marketing Executive and is in Thailand as we go to press. Yellow Bike Record Cutting R/p/tt/p jumped the gun last month by publicising the availability of a record pressing machine operated by Palmerston North label Yellow Bike. The commercial side of the venture won’t be up and running for approx six months, so hold all calls. We’ll keep you posted. IMP Releases Dunedin indie IMD will release the following albums in August / September — Gate Golden, Trash Mihiwaka, Swarrii Forever Bled Hollow and Suka Nimrodiabolique. Later in the year expect a compilation album and releases from the Puddle and Graeme Downes. IMD are at PO Box 730, Dunedin. Phone (03) 477-4125. CMJ Music Marathon This year’s 15th Anniversary CMJ Music Marathon & Music Fest takes place September 6 to 9 at the Avery Fisher Hall, New York. Since the demise of the New Music Seminar, CMJ will be even bigger this year. Australasian representatives are Big Backyard at Sydney 360-4574. Uncharted NZ Music (The NZ On Air funded Uncharted NZ music show continues to profile Kiwi music weekly. The broadcast times around the country are: BFM (Auckland) Friday 11.30 am & Wed 9pm; Contact 89FM (Hamilton) Sunday 6pm & Mon & Wed 10.30 am; 99.4 FM (Palmerston North) Mon 7.30 pm & Wed 7.30 pm; Active 89FM (Wellington) Fri 11am, Sat spm & Tues 9.55 pm; 98 RDU (Christchurch) Wed 10pm; Radio One (Dunedin) Fri 11am & Wed 7pm.